{"id":32376,"date":"2018-05-08T13:03:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=32376"},"modified":"2018-05-08T13:18:44","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:18:44","slug":"open-thread-5-8-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/08\/open-thread-5-8-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Thread &#8211; 5\/8\/2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">It&#8217;s a hot sunny day here at the CatBox and I am already running the AC.\u00a0 I&#8217;m still wrong out and tired from poor sleep, brought on by high concentrations of pollen.\u00a0 It&#8217;s that time of year again.\u00a0 ARGH!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Nameless Update<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">As I write, he had not yet been back to comment, but Nameless did return home yesterday evening.\u00a0 He is probably out partying with family and misbehaving in riotous debauchery. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-surprisedsmile\" style=\"border-style: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/wlEmoticon-surprisedsmile.png\" alt=\"Surprised smile\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Jig Zone Puzzle<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Today&#8217;s took me 4:31 (average 5:48).\u00a0 To do it, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jigzone.com\/puzzles\/2018-05-08-CE2504A965A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you do?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Short Takes<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1TxCJX52O_U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCwlHzGKZA-e2GeLMjIE51uw\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Parody Project Channel<\/a>): <\/span>Petro Dollars &#8211; Parody of Wooly Bully<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/1TxCJX52O_U?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Wouldn&#8217;t a boycott on Saudi oil and a move to green energy be wonderful? <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lp5PI-cQegA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/msnbcleanforward\/videos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MSNBC Channel<\/a>): <\/span>The sobering stats for Republicans<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/lp5PI-cQegA?rel=0\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Don&#8217;t get lazy!\u00a0 Every Republican in office is one Republican too many. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!! Then <strong>VOTE BLUE<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/humor\/borowitz-report\/trump-removes-giuliani-from-legal-team-by-naming-him-new-white-house-doctor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The New Yorker<\/a>: <\/span>In a move that has stirred controversy in both legal and medical circles, Donald J. Trump removed Rudy Giuliani from his legal team on Monday by naming him the new White House doctor.<\/p>\n<p>The decision to appoint the former New York mayor to such a key medical position raised eyebrows, in no small part because Giuliani would become the first White House doctor in history not to possess a medical degree.<\/p>\n<p>But, in an official White House briefing to announce the decision, the press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, pushed back against the criticism of Giuliani\u2019s nonexistent medical credentials. \u201cRudolph Giuliani is every bit as qualified to be a doctor as he is to be a lawyer,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Giuliani hit the ground running in his new job, immediately scheduling an hour-long appearance on Sean Hannity\u2019s Fox News program to discuss the state of Trump\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sorry Andy. Trump isn&#8217;t bright enough to do that. <strong>RESIST<\/strong>!!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Cartoon<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/0508Cartoon.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a hot sunny day here at the CatBox and I am already running the AC.\u00a0 I&#8217;m still wrong out and tired from poor sleep, brought on by high concentrations of pollen.\u00a0 It&#8217;s that time of year again.\u00a0 ARGH! 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